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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What deadline is Skeeter originally given for her book in chapter 12?
(a) February.
(b) December.
(c) March.
(d) January.

2. What book idea has Skeeter proposed to Mrs. Stein in chapter 8?
(a) Interviews with black maids about their white employers.
(b) Interviews with southern women about their families.
(c) Interviews with black maids about their families.
(d) Interviews with white housewives about their black maids.

3. What does Mae Mobley do when she sees the toilets on Hilly Holbrook's front lawn in chapter 22?
(a) She uses one.
(b) She tells Aibileen to take her home.
(c) She cries.
(d) She laughs.

4. What does Minny say God would have made people if he had intended for whites and blacks to spend a large amount of time together?
(a) Less prone to bad moods.
(b) More open minded.
(c) Color blind.
(d) All the same size.

5. What modern convenience does Skeeter's mother refuse to have added to the house as Skeeter explains in chapter 19?
(a) Convection oven.
(b) Refrigeration.
(c) Fax.
(d) Air conditioning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minny forbid Skeeter to do in chapter 17?

2. Why does Mr. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley she will not go to college in chapter 2?

3. What is Skeeter doing when she runs into Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt in chapter 15?

4. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?

5. What item in the living room of the Foote residence frightens Minny?

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